Blood from Daming

Chapter 835 Expedition to Annan
Xue Sima came behind Li Fu, and stabbed Li Fu's ribs with his long spear. Li Fu hurriedly dodged sideways, but was swept away by Xue Si with the gun. Li Fu knocked him off his horse. , Li Fu's face was pale and his whole body sifted through the chaff, Xue Si asked sharply: "You dog thief, where is my mistress?"

Li Fu trembled and said: "General, please forgive me. After my king got Miss Xue, he went to Wuchang overnight along the Yangtze River. Now he should enter Sichuan."

Xue Dada let out a roar, and the spear shook and moved an inch. The tip of the spear pierced Li Fu's collarbone and pinned Li Fu to the ground. Seeing that Xue Si didn't listen to his advice, Qin Yiming, the commander of Huguang, wantonly besieged and killed the Annan mission, and was afraid that Xue Si would turn mad and turn his face against him, so the two had no choice but to go back to the Huguang army to make another plan.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the camp of Li Zhengman, king of Annandong, was breached. The Xue family army killed nearly a hundred Annan barbarians and captured more than 300 barbarian husbands. His general Xue Siyuan reported to Xue Si that the mistress and Li Zhengman were indeed not found among the Annan people. Zhengman, it seems that the Xue family army has indeed been tricked by Li Zhengman, the king of Annan soil, to get out of his shell.

The Xue family army confiscated hundreds of thousands of property, but most of it was the property of the mistress Xue Susu. Xue Si took part of the property seized and offered a reward in Wuchang to detect the whereabouts of Li Zhengman, the king of Annandong. Among the many clues collected, several clues point to On August 27, a large ship once docked in Wuchang from the lower reaches. During the one-day stay in Wuchang, I bought a lot of daily necessities on board, and some of them spoke Annan dialect.

Xue Si was very annoyed when he got the news. Why did he pay more attention when he arrived in Wuchang? If he knew the news when he arrived in Wuchang, he was only three or four days away from Annan Tuwang Li Zhengman by water. It is very possible to catch up with Li Zhengman, the king of Annan, and rescue the mistress Xue Susu.

On the eighth day of September, Ren Ruping led his troops to Wuchang. Xue Si put Ren Ruping into the camp of Xue's army. He learned that Ren Ruping's troops were ambushed by Zuo Liangyu's army in Runing, Henan Province, and lost more than 300 soldiers. Xue Si was very angry. The three corpses jumped violently, wishing they could immediately lead the troops to destroy Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

On the ninth day of September, Xue Si got the news of a large ship going down the river, that is, this large ship carried more than 20 Annan people to Yiling Prefecture. More often, the boss of that ship also said that the Annan people planned to stay in Wuchang for a few more days. I don’t know why they set sail the next day. When they arrived in Yilingzhou, they hurriedly rented a small boat to cross the Three Gorges and go to Sichuan. go.

Xue Si, who got the exact news, discussed with Ren Ruping, Xue Siyuan, Xue Dahan, and Qin Zhehua, and decided that he would lead an elite force to chase into Sichuan to rescue Mistress Xue. Xue Siyuan, Xue Dahan, and Qin Zhehua naturally supported it unanimously. Knowing that the Xue family army was chasing him, it would be very difficult to pursue Li Zhengman, but Xue Si was determined to go, Ren Ruping couldn't say anything, but just warned Xue Si not to enter Annan's territory.

Entering Sichuan, the road to Shu is difficult, and it is not suitable for large troops. Xue Si selected a hundred strong men that night. Ren Ruping was worried and added another two hundred elites. Xue Si led Qin Zhehua and other [-] warriors to Yiling Prefecture by boat on the tenth day of September.

Ren Ruping led Hongze Lake and the Xue family army in Hangzhou to garrison Wuchang, which was regarded as a base behind Xue Si. In order to establish a good relationship with Huguang, Ren Ruping sent Xue Siyuan to visit Huguang Governor Yao Zongwen, Huguang General Qin Yiming and other officials with great gifts. Yao Zongwen, the governor of Huguang, has received a lot of money. So far, Yao Zongwen regards Xue's army as a friendly army and allows him to station in Wuchang. , the two parties have no obvious conflict of interest, and they are in peace.

Yan Sanniang received the information from Ren Ruping on September 21. When she learned that she had been deceived, Yan Sanniang couldn't laugh or cry. This Annan monkey can't be underestimated. Even robbing Xue Susu is justified, and he even robbed Xue Susu's property. Property, now Xue Susu has tracked all the way to Sichuan, who knows if Fourth Uncle Xue will go after Annan, considering the safety of Fourth Uncle Xue and Xue Susu, Yan Sanniang thinks about the hateful monkeys in Annan, who can bear Yan Sanniang to monkeys in Annan Unbearable, so a kill order was issued to Annan Monkey.

After receiving the order from Yan Sanniang, Xue Polu, Governor of Taiwan, was also furious with Annan Monkey. This Li Zhengman dared to snatch the young master's woman. To paraphrase the young master's words, "Those who offend my Xue family's army will be punished even if they are far away." In addition to rescuing Xue Susu , Xue Polu was more concerned about the safety of his brother Xue Si, so Xue Polu issued an order to put the whole of Taiwan into a state of combat readiness.

Now Taiwan's native Xue's army has expanded to 5 people, which does not include Zhang Sanzhu's department in Ryukyu, General Fang's department in Jeju Island, and General Peng's headquarters in Lushun, as well as the special forces of General Peng Langjun in Hangzhou. However, the [-] Xue's army went out to defend For the troops on Taiwan Island, the mobile troops are the [-] Xue Family Army field troops in Yu Si's hand and the [-] Marine Corps in Luo Erwa's hands.

Xue Polu decided to mobilize Yu Si's [-] field troops and Luo Erwa's [-] marines, plus [-] newly recruited soldiers. The [-] Fleet attacked Annan. The plan of Yan Sanniang and Xue Polu was opposed by the civilian officials of the Xue family army headed by Chu Yi. The reason was that the Central Plains came first and then the barbarians. It is an established policy to take down Annan and recruit mercenaries to fight Manchuria and Luzon, so Xue Polu appointed Lian Xiongwei, the commander of the Tainan Military Region, to act temporarily Governor of Taiwan.

On November 13th of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Xue Polu, the governor of Taiwan, led an expedition to Annan with 5000 waterway troops, including 5 Xue Polu's middle army, 5000 field troops from Yu Si, and Luo Erwa's army. [-] marines, [-] new soldiers, more than [-] people in the navy, [-] civilian troops and civilian husbands, more than [-] ships of all sizes, more than [-] muskets, and nearly [-] mules and horses. The port of Kaohsiung set off in a mighty manner and pointed directly at An Nanguo.

In August of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other thirteen rebel armies learned in Henan that in June, Sichuan Army Deng Qi shot the old alliance leader Zijin Liang Wang for his own use in Jiyuan. The Yellow Emperor of Chongzhen then ordered the officials and armies of Baoding, Henan, and Shanxi to cooperate with the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, to encircle and suppress the peasant army.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other thirteen rebels broke out from Mianchi and crossed the Yellow River at the end of November in order to get rid of Hong Chengchou's encirclement.Lianke Mianchi, Lushi, Yiyang counties, and Hong Chengchou's army pursued back to Shaanxi. Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other thirteen rebels entered Henan from Shaanxi. Henan governor Yuan Mo hurriedly blocked them with heavy troops. The thirteen rebels avoided the reality and continued to go south , via Ruzhou to Xichuan, Neixiang, Guanghua, Nanyang Guerrilla.

Afterwards, the thirteen rebel armies split up and broke away from the old Hui Ma Shouying, who was used by King Zijin Liang himself, and led the fifth battalion of Gezuo rebels to attack Huguang; At the same time, they entered Sichuan from Feng County, but Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng did not get rid of Hong Chengchou's siege and interception.

In the winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng had to divide their forces to break through. Li Zicheng's eighth team went to Hanzhong, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to attack Xinyang, Gao Yingxiang broke through the three counties of Mianchi, Yiyang, and Lushi, and walked along Lushi Mountain from the trail. Entering Huguang via Neixiang, Zaoyang, and Dangyang, Chongzhen broke through Kuizhou at the beginning of the seventh year in an attempt to enter Sichuan.

In February of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Qin Liangyu, the Xuanfu envoy of Shizhu, Sichuan, led his army and was defeated in the Fifth Battalion of Sichuan Gezuo. Ma Shouying, an old Hui Hui, led the defeated army back to Shaanxi, and joined forces with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to eat in Chengcheng, Pingliang and other counties. Gao Yingxiang was alone. After repeated defeats in the war, he was frightened by Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu and fled back to Shaanxi. In this way, most of the thirteen rebels united to form a powerful force.

However, in Shanxi and Shaanxi, from August of the sixth year of Chongzhen to March of the seventh year of Chongzhen, there was no rain in August, and the red land was thousands of miles away. Gathering grasses in the mountains, peeling the bark later, scraping human flesh by the side of the road, eating meat like pigs and dogs, and finally killing each other, changing children and eating them, everywhere.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other thirteen rebels had difficulty eating in Shaanxi, so they had to prepare to enter Henan again in April of the seventh year of Chongzhen. Chen Qiyu, the new governor of the five provinces, joined forces with Lu Xiangsheng, Fuzhi of Yunyang. The governors of Shaanxi, Henan, and Chu led troops to discuss. The specific arrangements were as follows: Governor Lian of Shaanxi was stationed in Shangluo, Shaanxi to contain the peasant army in the northwest; Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Yunyang was stationed in Fang County and Zhuxi of Yunyang to contain the peasant army in the west; Henan Governor Xuanmo was stationed in Lushi, Henan Province, to contain the peasant army in the northeast; Huguang Governor Tang Hui was stationed in Nanzhang County, Xiangyang Prefecture, to contain the peasant army in the southeast, and attacked from all directions, trying to wipe out all the rebels in one fell swoop.

The Ming army was surrounded on all sides, and Chen Qiyu led Lu Xiangsheng and others to attack.Starting from Zhuxi in Yunyang Prefecture, they fought successively in Pingli, Wulinguan, Gouyangjie, Niejiagou, Yanxi, Shizishan and other places. They defeated the peasant army for more than ten battles in a row. Guerrilla congratulations to Renlong and others all spread the news of success.

Under the strong pressure of Chen Qiyu, most of the peasant army was driven to the Hanzhong area of ​​Shaanxi. Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other troops were besieged by Chen Qiyu in this desperate situation called "Chexiang Gorge".

The exact location of the carriage gorge has not yet been found.It is generally believed that Chexiang Gorge is located in Xing'an County, or it may be located near Hanzhong. It is said that Chexiang Gorge is forty miles long and surrounded by cliffs.As soon as the peasant army entered the gorge, it was attacked by local armed forces. The road was blocked by stones, or stones were thrown, or the forest was set on fire. The peasant army suffered heavy losses. It was the rainy season with continuous rain. The knife was eroded, the armor was soaked, the horse's iron hoof was pierced, the people were hungry and the horses were exhausted, they could not even walk, and more than half of them died of dysentery and fever.

At this time, the leaders of the peasant army resorted to their tried-and-tested tricks of bribery and false surrender. Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others cobbled together hundreds of thousands of gold and jewels, bought the governor of the five provinces Chen Qiyu and the eunuch who supervised the army, and proposed to surrender to the court, return to their hometown, and redo the war. Good people, the inferior scam of the peasant army has produced miraculous results because of the many contradictions within the army.

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